MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observer's Report for 2007 Aug 31

Observer(s): eve armstrong
Institution(s): columbia

Instrument: templeton/direct

Worked for 9.5 hours (all night)
Conditions were Photometric most of the night.
No equipment or software problems were encountered.

Seeing and Weather:
   Beg: Seeing 1.7 arcsec, Patchy Clouds, Winds Calm
   Mid: Seeing 2.2 arcsec, Cirrus, Winds Calm
   End: Seeing 2.2 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm

Observing Summary:

Opened on time, got an hour-long time series before closing for 
rain at ~ 21:30.  Opened about an hour later - cirrus for a while 
longer, then beautifully clear for the rest of the night.  Got 
three time series.  Seeing was pretty awful after the rain was over.


'A Taxidermist's Frustration'

Too quick to catch the lizards be,
A-scuttlin' all around.

Too high they coast, the birds I see -
They rarely touch the ground.

Scorpions, a dime a dozen:
Too small to be fitting.

Accommodate?  This mountain doesn't;
P'haps I'll take up knitting.

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Submitted on 2007 Sep 1 [4:38:29]